Australia Night

Raising our children with a 'global perspective'- having them learn about other cultures, people, countries, etc - is important to us.  Since we can't take them to other countries right now, we decided to bring other countries to them (in a small way), and have a series of "culture nights" where we learn about other cultures and customs.  Our first attempt: Australia Night

Here we are making a delectable Australian dessert: Pavlova.  It is divine!!!  I have such wonderful helpers!

 

Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of our whole meal, but here was our main course: Australian Meat Pie:

And the Pavlova.  Mmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Our guest of honor, Mr. Greenaway, (whose parents are from Australia) showed us where Australia was on the globe, and told us a lot about the country.

Of course, Australia night wouldn't be complete without boomerangs! :)

 We also decorated a large Australian flag, drew a map of the country, listened to the National Anthem, and "Waltzing Matilda", and did some coloring pages and fact sheets.  All in all, it was lots of fun, and a good learning experience!  The kids are already asking when we can have pavlova again! :)